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Turla's botnet redesign is about surviving disruption, not just evading detection- 240

Turla's botnet redesign is about surviving disruption, not just evading detection- 240

June 28, 2026 Russia's FSB-linked Turla group has rebuilt its longstanding Kazuar backdoor into something structurally different
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Jul
Three times through the same door: FamousSparrow's patient campaign against Azerbaijan's energy sector- 239

Three times through the same door: FamousSparrow's patient campaign against Azerbaijan's energy sector- 239

December 25, 2025 A China-linked espionage group returned to the exact same compromised Microsoft Exchange server three separate times
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Jul
Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

Poland's Signal exodus reveals a pattern too consistent to call coincidence- 230

June 28, 2026 Poland has told its government officials to abandon Signal for a state-built alternative — not because the
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Jul
Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

Beijing's Deniable Army: A Breach in Rome and a Warrant in Washington- 216

May 10, 2026 Two stories surfaced within days of each other in the spring of 2026, on opposite sides of
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Belarus's Oldest Digital Weapon Returns to Kyiv- 215

Belarus's Oldest Digital Weapon Returns to Kyiv- 215

June 28, 2026 Nearly a decade into its operational life, the Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has not
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Jul
MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

MuddyWater's Double Game: Iran's Cyber Unit Trades Precision for Reach- 213

June 28, 2026 An intrusion that looks like a ransomware shakedown and a breach wave spanning nine countries on four
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Jul
The Bilateral Cyber War: APT28's Persistent Reach and Ukraine's Offensive Doctrine- 212

The Bilateral Cyber War: APT28's Persistent Reach and Ukraine's Offensive Doctrine- 212

June 22, 2026 Western coverage of the Russia-Ukraine cyber conflict follows a predictable asymmetry: Russian attacks are documented, Ukrainian
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Jul
Patient by Design: FrostyNeighbor's Return and the Human Operator as Evasion Mechanism- 205

Patient by Design: FrostyNeighbor's Return and the Human Operator as Evasion Mechanism- 205

June 19, 2026 Most malware tries to avoid detection by being technically sophisticated. FrostyNeighbor avoids detection by being patient. Its
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Jul
The Implant That Outlives the Patch: FIRESTARTER and the Persistence Problem- 204

The Implant That Outlives the Patch: FIRESTARTER and the Persistence Problem- 204

June 20, 2026 For network defenders, the standard playbook for responding to a network device compromise has long been straightforward:
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Jul
Nothing to See Here: The Cyber Sabotage Framework That Preceded Stuxnet by Five Years- 202

Nothing to See Here: The Cyber Sabotage Framework That Preceded Stuxnet by Five Years- 202

June 24, 2026 The historical understanding of offensive cyber operations is being re-evaluated following the discovery of a sophisticated
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